Bactérias halotolerantes associadas a plantas de atriplex nummularia L. e sua inoculação em mudas

Abstract

Salinity is a limiting factor for agriculture and a frequent problem in arid and semi-arid region which rainfall is low and poorly distributed. In these areas most of plants can not grow due soils unprotected and become degraded with time. The use of bacteria with plant growth promoting and tolerance to salt stress may indicate biotechnological alternative that allows the use of plants associated with these microorganisms as inoculants may provide beneficial effects on soil-plant interaction. The cultivation of Atriplex nummularia L. has been conducted in order revegetate soils, promoting the improvement of their physical and chemical properties as a phytoremediation technique of salinized soils. In order to isolate and select bacteria promoter of plant growth associated with Atriplex nummularia L. plants cultivated in two experiments were carried out in the Pernambuco state and evaluated the effects of its inoculation in Atriplex plants grown in greenhouse. The population density of the bacteria was determined and then the same were tested in respect to plant growth promotion in vitro solubilization of inorganic phosphate (SFI), biological nitrogen fixation (BNF), synthesis of indole acetic acid (IAA), exopolysaccharides production (EPS) and quorum sensing molecule. Some bacteria to plant inoculation Atriplex grown in a protected environment were also selected in order to analyses content of chlorophyll a, b and total; stomatal conductance (gs); leaf temperature; green matter, dry and total fractional parts (root, stem and leaf) of plants; content and levels of sodium, potassium, calcium and magnesium; total nitrogen, crude protein of leaves and total organic carbon. Through the insulation, it was obtained 107 halotolerant bacterial isolates with positive results to plant growth promotion. Regarding the content of chlorophyll a, b and total, stomatal conductance and crude protein in plants, there was no effect of treatments. Inoculation with halotolerant bacteria and plant growth promoters influenced total nitrogen and total organic carbon in plants of Atriplex. Therefore, there are halotolerant bacteria associated with Atriplex plants able to solubilize inorganic phosphate, N2 fixation, IAA production, EPS and quorum sensing molecule, with the possibility of these micro-organisms contribute positively to plant growth. Bacterial isolates are promising on vegetative and nutritional development of Atriplex. However, it requires further explore the effect of bacterial inoculants associated with halophytes, giving improved conditions for phytoremediation process of salinized soils.